Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's ark Animals, Zebra and Giraffe - A Pair beautiful Japanese lacquer box 5 1/8" long x 1

5 1/8" long x 1 1/2" wide x 2 7/8" tall

and would guess it dates to the 1930s or 40s

standing for its maker

tapered front legs ending in ball feet

comes  from a volume of Zeitschrift für populäre Astronomi (Journal of Popular Astronomy)

Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's ark Animals, Zebra and Giraffe - A Pair beautiful Japanese lacquer box 5 1/8" long x 1These are from a group of wonderful old handmade animals I found this past weekend in New Hampshire, I believe from a Noah's Ark set, though I'm not entirely sure all from the same set. I've divided them into a few pairs, and thought these two pattern intensive, smiling creatures and habitat sharers in real life a perfect match. The giraffe has jointed legs as well as nails for horns and tail (painted with the same pattern detail as the rest of him),